While many Americans are still shocked over the recent killings at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., another mass shooting has brought more grief. President Barack Obama said Americans need to do more “soul searching” to find ways to reduce violence after the deadly weekend shooting spree at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin. According to Reuters, ” ‘All of […]
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We’re taking a week off, so no new daily posts for a while. But feel free to post a comment any time. You can suggest an editorial topic or sound off on one that has already run. In the meantime, enjoy the Olympics and stay out of the sun. We’ll be back Aug. 6, and you can […]
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Some low-paid workers think it should, and some of their employers don’t. No surprise there. As the Toledo Blade reported, “Three years after the last increase in the nation’s minimum wage, worker advocacy groups have begun a concerted effort to raise it from $7.25 an hour. ” … For the nation’s lowest-paid workers, the purchasing […]
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It’s a question that probably wouldn’t have been asked before last weekend’s blaze in Port Acres. As we reported, “On Saturday, when lighting struck a Chevron ethylene pipeline near West Port Arthur Road and 60th Street, sparking an inferno that would surge as high as 100 feet before it finally lost fuel and died out five or […]
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Some people think it should. As CBS News reported, “In the wake of a mass shooting in a suburban Denver movie theater, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is calling on President Obama and Mitt Romney to offer up more than ‘soothing words’ and talk about how they will address gun-related violence. ” ‘Maybe it’s […]
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